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Which is better for the environment, an e-reader or paper books?
Sep 7, 2010
Easy Answer: It depends on how much you read and where you get your paper books....
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I love golf. I also love the environment. Do I have to choose between them?
Jul 21, 2010
Easy Answer: Yes. You probably do....
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Outdated mental models thwart sustainability -- details at 6
Sep 22, 2009
Last week, Andrew Revkin noted the recently released MIT Sloan Management Review/Boston Consulting Group report on the pace and substance of...
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The economics of global climate change
Jun 9, 2009
The sustainability and global climate change debate is shifting from science to political economy. I'm probably late to this paper, but I just read...
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Time to play alternative energy?
May 6, 2009
Oil prices are heading back up. From today's Wall Street Journal:...
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Corporate taxes for energy taxes
May 6, 2009
The Administration says it plans on cracking down on offshore tax shelters and avoidance. The target of the initiative is U.S.-based multinational...
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The 1918 influenza epidemic
Apr 30, 2009
I find these numbers stunning. They're from a paper by Elizabeth Brainerd of Williams College and Mark Singer of California State University....
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Information technology and carbon footprint
Apr 24, 2009
This chart from the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. is intriguing. The firm notes that computers, data storage, and communications devices are...
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Tire rolling resistance standards and your fuel efficiency
Aug 19, 2008
From Cindy Skrzycki's business column at WashingtonPost.com....
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Wine expert: boxed wine better for the environment
Aug 18, 2008
From an op-ed piece by Tyler Cowen in The New York Times....
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